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The Roatan Institute for Marine Science (RIMS) is ideally located for marine study on the northwest coast of Roatan where over 30 miles of fringing and barrier reefs, seagrass beds, mangroves and shoreline are home to an astonishing profusion of life. Founded in 1989, the primary objective of this facility is the preservation of Roatan's natural resources through education and research. In the past decade RIMS has established itself as a dedicated teaching institution. Our facility is visited year-round by colleges, universities and high schools from abroad to study tropical marine ecosystems and the bottlenose dolphins we house at our facility. Many programs are for academic credit, some are in conjunction with other field research stations, and others are simply introductory courses to the ecology of coral reefs in the Caribbean.

About Roatan Institute for Marine Sciences - Anthony's Key Resort

The Roatan Institute for Marine Science (RIMS) is ideally located for marine study on the northwest coast of Roatan where over 30 miles of fringing and barrier reefs, seagrass beds, mangroves and shoreline are home to an astonishing profusion of life. Founded in 1989, the primary objective of this facility is the preservation of Roatan's natural resources through education and research. In the past decade RIMS has established itself as a dedicated teaching institution. Our facility is visited year-round by colleges, universities and high schools from abroad to study tropical marine ecosystems and the bottlenose dolphins we house at our facility. Many programs are for academic credit, some are in conjunction with other field research stations, and others are simply introductory courses to the ecology of coral reefs in the Caribbean.

Rims offers a weekly course on Marine life identification. I do not believe you have to be staying at the resort to attend.
However you can easily check by giving them a call.
It is very informative, you would need to check the schedule but...More

Just returned from a week at the resort I am a diver my wife snorkels both activities exceeded expectations. The staff, dive masters, restaurant all very good and accommodating. Dolphin experience a must do! We are looking forward to our next visit. It was work...More

This is the second time I purchase the dolphin encounter, for those who wants to know the price is $70.00 per person including taxes and is around 30 minutes: a little boat will take you from the main dock in Anthonys key.resort to the pools...More

Anthony Keys Resort is a very unique place in Roatan. I did not stay there personally, but visited to do the action dolphin swim. This was a very interactive experience with the dolphins that was like none I have ever done in my travels.
We...More

It has been a rather good experience, but it is so over-commercialized and not worth the price we paid. We did de Delphin encounter. There were 5 groups of about 10 people each. (low season..). It starts with some explanation about Delphins (already known if...More

We visited Anthony's Key this while on vacation. Highly recommend the dolphin encounter and swim. During the encounter we were able to get up close and touch and interact with a dolphin. We opted to do the swim - after the encounter, you are given...More

I had done the dolphin interaction session at Bailey's Key several years ago and really wanted to do the dolphin dive this trip. If there was any disappointment it was that the session was not longer. For the dive the dolphins follow the trainer's boat...More